Section 8-404 - Agreement - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-404. Agreement - Definitions.
 

Article II 

(a)  In general.- As used in this Agreement the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Receiving state.- "Receiving state" means the state in which trial is to be had on an indictment, information, or complaint pursuant to § 8-405 or § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article III or IV of the Agreement). 

(c)  Sending state.- "Sending state" means a state in which a prisoner is incarcerated at the time that the prisoner initiates a request for final disposition pursuant to § 8-405 of this subtitle (Article III of the Agreement) or at the time that a request for custody or availability is initiated pursuant to § 8-406 of this subtitle (Article IV of the Agreement). 

(d)  State.- "State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 616C; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]